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Kenneth Duda

Individual

Chief Technology Officer, Arista · California

5 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Kenneth Duda gave $4.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 82% were on the winning side ($2.4M won, $531K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

82%

$2.9M scored (73% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$531K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.1M

$1.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks from their own fortune. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M check to a group that spent 80% on losers counts as $8M on the losing side.
✓ Backed the winner or attacked the loser ✗ Backed the loser or attacked the winner Result not matched
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
Ab PAC

$600K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$2.0M
$1.2M / $201K
Pacronym

$514K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$2.0M
$1.2M / $329K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Kenneth Duda's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Kenneth Duda's share of each group's funding.
CandidateRaceSpendingTheir sharePaid off?
Donald TrumpPresidentAttacking$1.7M✓ Yes
Donald TrumpPresident (primary)Attacking$529K✗ No
Joe BidenPresidentSupporting$454K✓ Yes
Kelly LoefflerGeorgia Senate (special)Attacking$120K✓ Yes
David A. PerdueGeorgia SenateAttacking$84K✓ Yes
Gary PetersMichigan SenateSupporting$670✓ Yes
Elissa SlotkinMichigan 8th DistrictSupporting$670✓ Yes
Eugenio DePasqualePennsylvania 10th DistrictSupporting$552✗ No
Jon HoadleyMichigan 6th DistrictSupporting$483✗ No
Mark KellyArizona SenateSupporting$464✓ Yes
Jon OssoffGeorgia SenateSupporting$376✓ Yes
Raphael WarnockGeorgia Senate (special)Supporting$376✓ Yes

Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Kenneth Duda spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
Kenneth Duda gave $4.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 82% were on the winning side ($2.4M won, $531K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Kenneth Duda fund in 2020?
Ab PAC ($2.0M), Pacronym ($2.0M).
Which candidates did Kenneth Duda's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?
against Donald Trump (President, about $1.7M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $529K, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $454K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.